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WP:HORSE?

I'm not sure that WP:HORSE is the best acronym for your essay - the first place I saw it, (without having read the policy), I thought it meant "I think Statement A is horse shit". Maybe WP:LEGS would be better - the point of the article is about the legs, anyway, not the horse: a cow could've been used. Maybe I have a dirty mind. I've refrained from changing it, since it's your essay :) -- stillnotelf is invisible 23:42, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Please make any needed improvement with my blessing. You can set as many shortcuts as the rest of the community will allow you. It's certainly not important to me. Thanks for reading the essay. John Reid 02:16, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

I see you've made the change; and I think I understand your point. You're thinking about horse's ass; that's certainly not my intent. I've added the singular, too, since I'm more likely to write something like Sorry, but I think that's a leg. John Reid 15:20, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Your probably false claims about the template subnational entities

• You indirectly claimed there has been at least one reincarnation, please consider to remove your claim or to provide evidence of re-incarnation (s). If you just took the words of Willy, then I suggest to take more care with what he says. -- Tobias Conradi (Talk) 18:41, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Please read. Thank you. John Reid 20:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

• I did not read it, because false claims are not a matter of opinion. You may read lie . Tobias Conradi (Talk) 01:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay; that's your opinion. You have not changed mine; I'm sorry. John Reid 02:13, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

So you still spread false claims after being made aware of it. What is the diff to lieing? Tobias Conradi (Talk) 02:42, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I direct your attention to WP:CIVIL. This is official policy here -- not a guideline, not a proposal, not a suggestion. I take exception to your comments both on my talk page and at TfD. I do you here the courtesy of not linking a diff.

I do not agree with you, Sir. You do not agree with me. That is perfectly acceptable to me and to most of our membership. I am entirely willing that you uphold your position. I have explained my reasoning as far as I am willing and that is acceptable to most of us. You have used language that treads perilously close to Calling someone a liar...; if indeed it does not do so directly. That is not acceptable. I don't find merit in hounding editors who speak rudely to me; but I do suggest that there are short-tempered editors who nonetheless will seize upon any incivility you direct toward them to drag you through every possible dispute resolution process. Please have a care, friend. John Reid 02:24, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

You made an unproven claim, you did not change it. It seems that to me spreading false claims is not as acceptable as it is to you. It is no courtesy of all not to link to diffs. I would especially appreciate that you link to diffs that bring evidence for your claims. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 02:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Sir: I hope you will try to appreciate that I am trying to avoid an uncivil dispute. If you had confined yourself to the remark above, on your own talk page, I would have been glad to ignore it. That is a courtesy. You continue to mark my talk page, too, demanding a response. This is it, the last response you will get from me on this subject. If you are unhappy with it then I must beg your forgiveness. If you feel I have ill-used you then I offer my apology. If you feel I have violated project policy then I encourage you to file an RfC for my education. I shall permit you to comment freely on my talk for a short time, uninterrupted. And now I bid you, Sir, a good day. John Reid 02:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)